Florida Man Installs Cell Phone Jammer In His Car

A Florida man was fined $48,000 by the FCC for installing a cellphone jamming device in his car.

[@hawker7488]

For a Florida Man story, this one's actually pretty tame. No drugs, violence, or deranged local wildlife.

[@Chaplain_Asmodai]

except for all the calls missed by police, emt, and fire because they couldn't get reception on their radios

[@abstractbeholdings1030]

where did you get this information?@@Chaplain_Asmodai

[@Wayclarke]

Aren't Florida men deranged local wildlife?

[@soralee1910]

🗿💯

[@spacedrake8364]

​@@Chaplain_Asmodai Well yeah its still a Florida Man, lol

[@NaughtyKlaus]

Note to self: turn it off when being pulled over.

[@michaelsteinbach]

Cop1: "I think that's our guy." Cop2: "Ok, light him up" *turns on lights* FL Guy: "Oh shit, cops!" *turns off jammer* Cop1: "Whoa, the signal is gone!" Cop2: "Yeah, must not be our guy. Move along."

[@calebmanger]

He was tired of officers using their cell phones and computers in their car. 😢

[@juanleal8418]

​@@calebmangerdid you not listen to the video?? stop being stupid youngin

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

I would only turn it on as needed.

[@Cr69561]

​@@michaelsteinbach😅

[@Nutzeesy]

The least deranged Florida man

[@SatelliteEnthusiast]

how's that deranged? His intentions are perfectly understandable, especially with how many morons are just on their phones while driving, which causes plenty of accidents as well as pedestrians being run over.

[@WhiteVanMan17]

I wouldn’t say he’s outright deranged, but definitely not the best method of execution.

[@CorneliusCornbread]

​​​@@SatelliteEnthusiastit's less ironic meaning in this scenario. They mean that he is the least deranged, because most Florida men are absolutely nuts

[@xXEGPXx]

@@SatelliteEnthusiast It is deranged because he did not consider literally any consequences. Not for one second did he consider people in emergencies or emergency vehicles. Also anyone who chooses to live in Florida has at max 20IQ

[@jaskaranbajwa8443]

​@@SatelliteEnthusiastderanged because his hubris lead to people possibly dying???

[@AccidentalNinja]

I'd think "people distracted by using their cell phones" would be replaced by "people distracted trying to get their cell phones to work".

[@Mathandanoski]

Yeah definitely. If I was using Google maps for directions and it suddenly stopped working. That'll definitely cause a lot of issues

[@SolluxDivide]

Thankfully gmaps and amaps both cache (store) the mapping info for your current route. It will just tell you it's lost GPS signal (if the blocker also kills GPS). ​@@Mathandanoski

[@legendofman12]

@@MathandanoskiI would take both hands off the wheel to troubleshoot until it was fixed

[@Mathandanoski]

​@@legendofman12 😂😂

[@ItsSlusher]

I thought the same thing in 2017 when I first heard about it.

[@Slobrojoe]

Typical Florida man, decent intentions, catastrophic consequences

[@pizzafire6666]

Yeah I use my phone for maps how TF am I getting home?

[@tonypeppermint5329]

How about when a accident occurs and emergency services are needed?

[@lieinreese3241]

Yeah, I saw nothing wrong with what he did until it was mentioned that he interfered with the work of first responders Edit: I've been told a lot of valid reasons why the jamming device was a stupid idea. I know that now. My original comment was just me stating what I was thinking as the video was happening.

[@0senBlade]

As the old saying goes, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

[@GamerGod-fp1tj]

@@tonypeppermint5329off button

[@stevenhetzel6483]

"Florida man prevents all shoplifting by burning every storefront to the ground." is what I expect next.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Based

[@TheDMChannelPerplexity]

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[@franciscolima1762]

​@@TheDMChannelPerplexityMcChadson is crazy 😂

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@TheDMChannelPerplexity you’re trying far too hard

[@Slayrid]

​@@TheDMChannelPerplexityextra alpha sigma epic sexy giga chaddy amazing gay sex 🗿

[@jeffrobinson1092]

With the exception of it messing with emergency frequency, he is the most sane Florida man I've seen.

[@AECRADIO1]

CELLPHONE JAMMERS DO NOT JAM OTHER RF SERVICES, AND ARE NOT THAT POWERFUL! MOST JAMMERS ARE LESS THAN 1 WATT.

[@ryanlueth1510]

​@AECRADIO1 I like how you put the word most in there, while trying to claim that this can't be true. Not all of them are 1W or less. It is a true story. My dad just retired from the FCC. As soon as he started the story I remembered my dad talking about it.

[@jeffrobinson1092]

@@AECRADIO1 Don't get pissed at me. Doug Sharpe said it would interfere.

[@catsrule5p892]

@@AECRADIO1it is quite literally a fact, did you not watch the video

[@tubeuser3655]

@@AECRADIO1 Well the one in the story jammed other cellphones, and if it wasn't so powerful he wouldn't had gotten caught, unless you implying the whole story is fake.

[@Cozmicsaber]

If they are all ready on their phone, did he think troubleshooting a phone while driving is beneath them?

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

Tourists, trying to navigate exits, suddenly losing signal and frantically trying to get it back so they can know where to turn? Yeah, not his best Idea

[@mooonns]

@@BlackDawnYaoiLovercouldn’t have been that bad of an idea if he kept it running for so long

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

@@mooonns look at the statistics on crashes and fatalities caused by distracted driving and get back to me ✌️

[@mooonns]

@@BlackDawnYaoiLover he didnt jam the country, im saying for him to continue doing it on his commute it must have been making some noticeable impact for him edit: you said not HIS best idea and im defending his idea as effective for his specific purpose, obviously texting and driving crashes are a big problem!

[@BlackDawnYaoiLover]

@@mooonns 😂😂

[@-Katastrophe]

If not for interrupting emergency services he probably could have kept doing it.

[@soundrogue4472]

100%

[@LordGlacier7]

Well no, some people use Google maps for directions so they'll be screwed over and how about people who need to call for help. It's not his rights to jam other people's phones.

[@ryanhogge8]

I dunno, the FCC is really touchy about certain things. Also, I don't think that jamming signal is going to make people stop dicking around with their phones while driving. If anything, the lack of signal might make them divert even more attention to it.

[@Xeonort]

He probably would have gotten a much lower fine at the least. If his device wasn’t so strong that it disconnected cell towers, he’d probably still be out there doing it. Wasn’t until the cellphone company complained that the police even started looking into it.

[@mctripleA]

​@@LordGlacier7your phone doesn't magically forget the planned route once you start the route, when I diddnt have phone data I could start the route when connected and as long as I don't deviate and make it recalculate it has no problems telling you where to go (it can be slightly inaccurate by a like 50 ft or so but anytime you come to a stop it readjusts)

[@Notingness]

When you hear ,,florida man" you know its going to be a good one

[@JoeyLindsay]

Why you use two commas instead of a double or single quote? idk I’ve seen so many people do this and it confuses me every time. Just thought I’d ask yknow

[@CrumpetCraig]

​@@JoeyLindsayDifferent countries quote things differently. They use commas in Germany, Bosnia, Albania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark and others. In France, they use 《these》.

[@Notingness]

@@JoeyLindsay Bc thats how i learned it

[@Notingness]

@@CrumpetCraig Nailed it. Im from hungary

[@bethanysmith5856]

Was going to comment this but saw you already had.

[@lileze182]

A plant supervisor once asked me to get cell phone jammers in the men's room so guys wouldn't take their time in there. I replied with a link to an article describing that as a federal offense.

[@DougsterCanada1]

Build a Faraday cage along the bathroom walls, floor and ceiling instead.

[@honeybadgerisme]

@@DougsterCanada1still a felony/federal offense--1st amendment and private rights on break (especially a bathroom)!

[@MudflyWatersman]

Use foil backed insulation

[@erikanybody4298]

​@hoperules8874 nope. Not a 1st Amendment violation. Or any other kind. You don't have a right to use a cell phone. Especially on private property. A Faraday Cage around a bathroom would never be any form of a violation. And what makes you think you have any 1st Amendment rights with respect to your employer? The 1st Amendment covers GOVERNMENT interactions. It's completely irrelevant to your interaction with a private entity. Christ, pay attention in civics class.

[@honeybadgerisme]

@@erikanybody4298 ...on their BREAK time...

[@cloaker57]

Dallas: DUDE I TOLD U TO BRING MEDIC BAGS, NOT ECM JAMMERS, AHHHHH, IM DYING

[@TripleBarrel06]

*smoke popped* oooooOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@neverwin822]

Thats why the man try to ECM rush in real life everyday

[@cloaker57]

@@neverwin822 sadly, you cant ECM rush the car shop.

[@neverwin822]

@@cloaker57 you can tho just dont break the glass

[@themanthatisanarchy]

​@@neverwin822and you gotta be REAL fast

[@adamholmes1992]

The irony is that he caused people to be more distracted by fiddling with their phone while driving trying to fix the no connection issue.

[@Shiestey]

I was thinking the same thing. What if someone’s talking on the phone with a hands free device like using their car for instance and then their connection goes dead? They take their eyes off the road to check it, potentially causing an accident. That dude is brain dead and deserves the 48k fine.

[@SLAYINGmachine-YT]

This is exactly what I was thinking or imagine he gets into a bad wreck is left unconscious and no one around can call for an ambulance because of his brain dead ass

[@jok3r906]

Then don't be on the phone at all behind the wheel. Simple as that

[@adamholmes1992]

@@jok3r906 if it were that simple then people wouldn’t have issues from this guy blocking the signal because they wouldn’t even be using the phone to notice. People do use phones to talk and to navigate hands free. He blocked everyone because he is shorted sided. It even cut out the police radio. This means EMS won’t be able to use the radio around him.

[@frieddoorhandles]

​@@jok3r906 L comment

[@michaellowe3665]

Nothing makes your commute safer than hundreds of people looking at their phone to figure out why it just lost signal as they pass you.

[@thealbinotadpole2878]

Unless your phone sends a notification whenever you lose signal, nobody that isn't already using their phone is going to be checking it for cell service on the road.

[@michaellowe3665]

@thealbinotadpole2878 Talking to someone, listening to music on an app or using navigation is what a large percentage of people are doing at any moment. When your phone suddenly goes quiet, you look to see what happened.

[@thealbinotadpole2878]

@@michaellowe3665If you're talking to someone on the phone, that is already distracted driving. Navigation apps also will work just fine for momentary periods of no cell service, because the route has already been loaded onto your phone.

[@robyee3325]

@@thealbinotadpole2878nice try bud

[@thealbinotadpole2878]

@@robyee3325 ??

[@luca4496]

- doesnt want people to get distracted on their phones - people get distracted because they suddenly have no connection

[@ayaa.1351]

Shows how monkey we are.

[@firstmatefrankie5371]

Fr imagine youre following a map or smt on your phone and all of a sudden it disappears Like id def be distracted then

[@Kokuyous3ki]

@@ayaa.1351Yea, how dare someone use GPS or call an ambulance.

[@OpenCarry2024]

This guy is actually my hero. I think his mistake was the jammer shouldn't have been able to reach more than about 40ft from his car. That was his mistake. Also common sense dictates that he should have only used it intermittently, and shut it off intermittently for a few days or a week at a time.

[@OpenCarry2024]

​@@Kokuyous3kithat's where you are confused. A cell phone jammer would most likely only jam the 4G LTE or 5G systems. I don't know if you've ever noticed but you can put a destination in on your phone in a location where you have service, BUT not where you DON'T have service. However you can put it in when you have service and drive where you do not have service and it's still continues to properly navigate you. So unless somebody was trying to put an address in while sitting next to his car they would have been fine. No normal average guy has the money or ability to get ahold of a GPS jamming device. that would be an extremely expensive military-grade piece of equipment. It would most likely only jam texts and phone calls etc. Also AS PER 3 different state troopers that I know PERSONALLY - ninety-plus percent of emergency calls done on the highway are worthless and time wasting. Not to mention this guy was trying to prove a point, I seriously doubt he would have left people's phones jammed if he saw a bad accident. Seeing as though saving someone's life had nothing to do with the point he was trying to prove etc. Am I condoning what he did? Not really no I am NOT. Although I do find it kind of hilarious, because my 35 minute commute is regularly extended due to completely unskilled morons on their cell phones. So although it brought me a little bit of joy hearing this story, I definitely wouldn't partake in this type of action. I also seriously recommend nobody else do it either. Mainly because of the $48,000 fine though lol.

[@LeoMkII]

Imagine dude fucking crashes and nobody in the scene can call the emergency services lmao

[@polocatfan]

you're not allowed to use your cell phone while driving period

[@NickFish117]

Sure you can

[@Chicken12Salad]

@@polocatfan depends on the state laws

[@theflamethrowerman]

Bro got the ECM Jammer. 💀

[@KILLKING110]

and lost it when the FCC seized and fined him a entire years wage

[@aidanwhite2894]

@@KILLKING110 😐

[@Heavenstrider]

They may have took his jammer, but just wait till he levels up hacker.

[@luftwaff3ls714]

He was on his way to the first world bank heist

[@WhatDaDogDoin32]

Bro thought it was car shop

[@ronaid-with-an-i]

"A Florida man..." off to a great start

[@FurryNonsense]

Having no signal only makes people stay on their phones for longer because they're staring at their phone, waiting for the signal to come back

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

I was a chauffeur for 5-6 years, sometimes I was in different countries/states etc, sometimes I was part of the VIPs security apparatus and when doing stuff like that or trucking you NEED stuff like gps and the ability to talk to your team.

[@somethingelse4424]

Yeah, instead of glancing at it, they're opening settings and trying to troubleshoot while driving. He lost the plot.

[@danielled8665]

Plus preventing 911 calls. Hed be screwed if he was involved in an accident. Anyone whonstopped to help him would also be unable to dial 911.

[@smartwatchonpluto]

​@danielled8665 yea but it's tempting to strap one to my bike 😂

[@giarc0]

Thank you, someone with 1/2 a brain. 🙏

[@lukemiller6410]

Imagine using your phone for navigation and it just cuts off

[@johncrowley3322]

1 follow the road hope u get signal eventually 2 find a place to stop for directions 3 learn to read a map

[@kianbrookhart1546]

Also, don’t most navigation apps continue working when you lose service?

[@dickjohnson9582]

​@kianbrookhart1546 Usually you can see your location but navigation doesn't work without cell service

[@danielschmidt9116]

@@kianbrookhart1546 not really spent 10 minutes lost a couple of times cause my phone lost service and google maps lost it's connection.

[@ilyte1]

​@johncrowley3322 "The phone is too distracting for driving. A big a** piece of paper covering more of my vision, and that requires more of my focus because I can't just look at the whole thing I have to look at a specific part of it, is exactly what I need"

[@starkiller4937]

Ah yes, FLORIDA MAN

[@thesnowman2509]

Wait this is fake. If it’s downing cell towers their radios would be lost before they approached his car

[@Ra-Hul-K]

​@@thesnowman2509 if I'm not wrong radios don't work off "cell towers"

[@Notllamalord]

@@thesnowman2509dawg radios use radio frequencies cell phones use rf waves

[@Passrion]

@@thesnowman2509radios don’t work with cell towers lmao

[@thesnowman2509]

@@Passrion I didn’t say they did…

[@ElonaldTrusk]

For every florida man caught, 300 escape. 😂

[@edmundliankalang5925]

Florida hydra

[@Dr_Blockhead]

A very wise man once said: “A noble cause, A bad plan, And TERRIBLE execution”

[@vonnheise1896]

Nah execution was solid.

[@Spartan0430]

@@vonnheise1896 the execution disrupted emergency services likely caused further distractions and got him a nasty fine. it was pretty bad.

[@jondekerguelen]

As a regular motorcyclist, who was constantly ignored by jerks on their cell phones, I was very much temped to do the same, but when I realized it would also jam emergency radio service, I decided not to do so.

[@MarySanchez-qk3hp]

You don't use it all the time, just the few moments when you see an irresponsible driver using their phone while driving, next to you. Do it at a red light, if you can. That would be safest for all concerned. You can buy the parts at Radio Shack and there are instructions online about how to solder it together. I saw a weekend teen invention show on PBS (of all places!), and they made their own and said the instructions are online. I never got around to looking at it. It was small and black, about the size of a simple TV remote control, with one button. It would be easy to carry with you on a bike.

[@lenardstarks5891]

Just make a slightly weaker version

[@aidialces]

The other problem is these dumb idiots would be like I gotta call the person back right now so they don't think I hung up and they would be more distracted by there phone or if the text message failed they would be trying to hit resend.

[@schneemann-fy6gi]

He probably just made a wide band jammer when he shouldve just targeted the specific cell frequencies, and could've ranged it to like 200 feet

[@LizzyThatB]

Also people would check their phones when the connection gets cut.

[@Randomfactsofwar]

The most calm and helpful Florida man:

[@jaddriscoll]

Blocking people's ability to call emergency services isn't helpful.

[@moonlightsonata9396]

@@jaddriscollthat is the joke lol

[@soulcyclone360]

​@@jaddriscollwhy are you calling emergency services when you're driving.

[@AppalachianScholar18]

​@@jaddriscoll So the joke works like this: The guy who was jamming the EMS services was causing problems, but he is the most helpful Florida Man. So everyone else is worse than him. This means that it is impossible for a Florida Man to be helpful.

[@devinwhite5064]

@@soulcyclone360 because shit happens whether you're ready for it or not.

[@TheLexikitty]

As a network engineer I cannot believe what some people do to the RF spectrum without thinking.

[@Colonel__Mustard]

Do you know how hard it is to notice a pattern like Metro did after 2 years? I'd like to know if I should impressed or not.

[@kylegordon1520]

​@9801366 depends on how good their monitoring solutions are. 2 years is a lot of data points (a tool like SolarWinds, for example, will pull data multiple times a minute). Considering this is cell towers and not something like routers, they might not have eyes on it as much though.

[@TheLexikitty]

@@Colonel__Mustard I’ve had to do similar but for isolating instances of torrenting, usually you can export your monitoring data to a CSV and graph it out by time or something, usually doable if the problem is obvious enough.

[@holidayin7962]

I TOTALLY know what that is. Yep. Don’t need to explain any spectrum to little old me *cough*

[@jdl13b]

I feel like you have stories to share...

[@officer_friendly_]

"What are you gonna do? Call backup?"

[@mariuscatalin5982]

*turns off bodycamera *

[@Soulfin]

​@@mariuscatalin5982NAH

[@jawesomes6939]

😂

[@garymartin9777]

call cell busters!!

[@L33tSkE3t]

I agree with him that people need to stop using their phones while driving as it is nearly as dangerous as drunk driving but, if someone had an emergency and couldn’t call 911, that could have seriously ended poorly.

[@nathancabada6814]

What if you have a car with hands free calling ?

[@Kroooza]

​@@nathancabada6814😞

[@luk4s56]

how many times i got near hit by a drunk driver? 0. how many times some moron with toddlers attention span nearly hit me in a cross walk? 4.

[@L33tSkE3t]

@@luk4s56 Well, I guess that’s why they say it’s as dangerous as drunk driving.

[@Watthead80]

​@@L33tSkE3t But is it really? There are more distractions than just cell phones. Screaming kids, changing radio stations. The stupid large and vast number of billboards, the dumb DOT signs telling you to "Click it or ticket" or some other lame ass saying about seatbelts or phone usage. All the people who are so vocal against no phones while driving, have most certainly been distracted while driving. Probably on their phone too.

[@Motologist95]

Dudes out here conducting electronic warfare 😂

[@Midnyte_Angel]

I love this comment😂😂😂😂

[@thomaslgrice]

Lesson learned: Install the device connected to vehicle electrical and include an on/off switch so you can engage it intermittently as needed.

[@Holy.HannaH]

My thought exactly

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Lesson: don't be a shitbag who disrupts Emergency Services radios.

[@erebostd]

Absolutely! That they triangulate your position prior is absolutely impossible. And if they impound your car to check for the device (if they don’t find it immediately the problem is gone, strange…

[@MisterNiles]

Multiple vehicles with a true diversity/multiplexing system so the source of blocking switches constantly.

[@Holy.HannaH]

@@erebostd nobody said anything was an impossibility🙄 But what exactly are they triangulating prior & why would they be impounding the car? They weren't looking for a specific person. If there's something to triangulate then the device clearly isn't in use. If they find it by impounding the car I'll probably assume they have other evidence & call my attorney, unless they're impounding every single car on the highway in which case I'd still call my attorney.

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

ironically enough, he jammed phones, thus causing their users to divert more attention to their phones and getting frustrated trying to figure out what’s wrong with their phone

[@MrNight2015]

Impossible to divert "more" attention when their heads are already fully in their laps.

[@A-RonV_V]

@@MrNight2015some people connect their phone to their car when they are on a call to use it without being a distracted you absolute Buffoon.

[@frequencywatchers]

They Just SHowed NO SIGNAL On The Frequencies He Jammed Them

[@ilyte1]

​@@MrNight2015Maps and podcasts.

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

Someone driving Google Maps: Signal lost

[@yoshidinono8095]

Me: Good thing I know landmarks and where North is.

[@igorlopesribeiro8781]

Florida men, please never change

[@floridamen1689]

Will di

[@kitty7504]

Yes sir

[@salvatorecorleone1008]

Okay. 😄

[@MarvelousButter]

please never change, but also please stay in Florida

[@salvatorecorleone1008]

@@MarvelousButter Florida men don’t take advice from butter… anymore.

[@jonisaacson5007]

They need those in movie theaters.

[@kyledavis4890]

And classrooms

[@Snipergoat1]

Big time no no. A telephone is classified as an emergency device. Even accidental blocking can land you in deep shit.

[@loboseesthings6269]

especially in Aurora CO my boy was going for the Game ending nuke.

[@loboseesthings6269]

@@kyledavis4890 Sandy Hook and Parkland High thanks you for this comment

[@AdeleiTeillana]

Perfect idea, what could go wrong? It's not like there's ever been a shooting at a movie theater where people might need to contact 911...

[@brandonpratt5701]

Florida man never disappoints

[@GoogleUser-yj1wy]

Fair play to him, if the police did their jobs he would not of needed to use this device at all

[@williammccallum1550]

Old self-righteous people. Welcome to Florida.

[@Kafj302]

so he could have run and they couldn't call for back up right?

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Until they got their signal back. Plus, I imagine they got some footage so put a warrant out for him.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Until they got their signal back. Plus, I imagine they got some footage so put a warrant out for him.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@tonypeppermint5329 you can block footage from being recorded via invisible to the eye lasers lol between that and some paint that helps prevent documenting id say we are good

[@theresagomez2605]

Lol. Correct.

[@theresagomez2605]

​@@tonypeppermint5329they wouldn't get their signal back while near him. JS

[@doodskie999]

Most sane Florida Man

[@Nobody-iq5bi]

He did a good thing

[@xero1048]

The issue is that people on their phones nearby are now going to pay MORE attention to their phone while trying to get it to work

[@Eggoroni]

most normal floridian man

[@kevadams1964]

His idea would make the situation worse. When someone cannot make their call, they will most likely become more distracted by looking at their phone trying to understand what the problem is.

[@teamofone1219]

or they wouldn't be able to use a gps either to figure out where the hell they are going.

[@MacJones-x8u]

Not his problem. That's the phone user thinking phone over life. Which is the whole reason why he did this. This proves nobody really wants to change. It just sounds good.

[@meair]

@@MacJones-x8uit IS his problem because he is CAUSING it

[@hellishthehellrellish5672]

​@@MacJones-x8ubut what if the call ..is about life related issues?

[@vilkku792]

@@MacJones-x8u It is his kinda his problem when he's making more people look at their phones for longer, which is the opposite of what he was trying to do.

[@naomihatfield3015]

“I have a cell phone!” “I have a cell phone blocker.” “We have a cell phone blocker DETECTOR.” . . . “Well, fuck.”

[@Carma281]

ha

[@ABW941]

EMP for everything within a mile.

[@oliver_klozoff]

How about a cellphone blocker detector blocker. Checkmate.

[@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad]

Who will detect the detectors?

[@IlikeEatingCheese1999]

Lmao

[@telestoxo9858]

The funniest part is that his jammer probably caused more distracted drivers than without it as people would be focusing on why their music isnt loading 😂

[@BaalFridge]

A teacher installed one in his classroom at my old highschool (that was years after I graduated) and it made the news when the school nurse brought him to court after he refused to remove it because he didnt want the students using their phones in class. The directors were backing him until they realized if someone died and they couldn't make a 911 call, they'd be liable for criminal negligence at the very least.

[@James_3000]

plus there are many offline games to play in class

[@DominickWalenczak]

Not to mention, it's very, very illegal.

[@BaalFridge]

​​@DominickWalenczak the technology was still new at the time, not regulated

[@anna-flora999]

​@@BaalFridgeso before 1934 if inside the US?

[@aresrin]

Pretty sure people are going to be a lot more distracted from worrying about why their phone suddenly stopped working than they were from the phone calls.

[@ThisAintIt435]

Nah signals go in and out all the time for no reason here Edit: now that I think about it… this might be why…

[@kawaiidere1023]

Also, having to restart music apps because the signal jammer makes them crash. Plus, those American highways are usually in urban areas, so he’s probably knocking out the signal of people who aren’t driving

[@Shortypants403]

My passenger on the phone to 911, on our way to the ER: 😮

[@HERTZZBR]

bro got that hacker perk deck

[@Azure_72]

bro is running that stealth build

[@themanthatisanarchy]

bro thinks he can ECM rush

[@johno1544]

I'm impressed by the power of his jammer

[@kakaisclass]

"decided to take matters into his own hands" is the most American sentence after "mass shooting"

[@SLAYINGmachine-YT]

Nah most American one is the school unfortunately pretty sure their rates are far higher than anywhere else in the world

[@SLAYINGmachine-YT]

Because there is absolutely 0 information on canada even being considered to be removed from nato. Maybe don't believe click bait titles

[@HyphyJuice916]

He's pretty dumb for not thinking of this affecting cops, firefighters and EMTs

[@amandahugginkiss55]

$48,000 fine? Holy shit, that cop probably got a huge bonus that month!

[@Yalnif5200]

It's not the cops, it's the FCC who fines them

[@error.418]

I'm not sure how much the precinct gets. It's a federal crime.

[@kirk1618]

The FCC fined him $48,000, not the police.

[@TLM2468]

The heat here in florida really starts getting to you and then we do crazy shit.

[@someidiot9343]

Yeah like using your phone while driving

[@chrismcgonigle964]

​@@someidiot9343and driving in left lane constantly

[@BobungaShamunga]

This isn’t even crazy

[@michaelgleason4791]

Yeah it's crazy that he was tired of getting cut off and people not staying in lanes while they were driving and on their phones.

[@chrismcgonigle964]

And probably doing the marijuana

[@jeffsaxton716]

Key to why he was prosecuted: "Took matters into his own hands..."

[@aengusdedanann181]

Yeah jamming emergency signals and an entire radio towers had nothing to do with it

[@irreverentgentleman3745]

@@aengusdedanann181 a 3 second sacrifice compared to the amount of people he stopped from texting at 80mph in a 2,000lbs steel box.

[@lunchbox1553]

​@@irreverentgentleman3745 Cut phone signals means people who are on the phone with 911 have to redial and go through the whole identification process again which is enough time during which someone can die.

[@dylannecros3636]

​@@irreverentgentleman3745only 2000? 😂

[@irreverentgentleman3745]

@@dylannecros3636 you get the point..

[@mikhail2400]

Thank You for completing the story!! I was sitting there at the beginning thinking, 'I wonder how they caught him' and you told us, amazing and very nice to have happen for once.

[@elaikehler6030]

He's honestly really lucky he didn't get a felony charge

[@maxzomick8733]

Lucky some driver on their phone call doesn’t crash into him not paying attention .

[@bubba200874426]

There's no way the government could prove he was trying to cause harm. Civil fines only require the government to prove he caused harm.

[@Chaplain_Asmodai]

@@bubba200874426 owning the device is a felony on its own, disrupting police and first responder radio is a felony, and disrupting communication towers is a felony

[@niyablake]

@@bubba200874426 Jammers are strict liability. Possession is a fine . Use is is a criminal offense. No need to prove intent to cause harm . Title 18, Section 1362 - prohibits willful or malicious interference to US government communications; subjects the operator to possible fines, imprisonment, or both (18 U.S.C. § 1362). The Enforcement Bureau is charged with enforcing the jamming prohibition. Specifically, Section 302(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 prohibits the marketing of any radio frequency device that jams, blocks, or otherwise interferes with authorized radio communications, and Section 333 prohibits the operation of any such device.

[@RamadaArtist]

@@bubba200874426 It is illegal to own any kind of radio signal jammer. www.fcc.gov/general/jammer-enforcement#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20a%20phone,classroom%2C%20residence%2C%20or%20vehicle. Per the FCC: "The use of a phone jammer, GPS blocker, or other signal jamming device designed to intentionally block, jam, or interfere with authorized radio communications is a violation of federal law. There are no exemptions for use within a business, classroom, residence, or vehicle. Local law enforcement agencies do not have independent authority to use jamming equipment; in certain limited exceptions use by Federal law enforcement agencies is authorized in accordance with applicable statutes." Not even local police are allowed to use them. Beyond all of the problems with emergency services, (and legitimate cell phone users,) this shit can fuck with ATC ground radar. No way the government is just gonna let civilians own devices that suddenly make it impossible for airports to even SEE incoming planes. That's basically a recipe for easy domestic terrorism in an off-the-shelf package. Dude is definitely lucky he didn't get a felony charge for this kind of irresponsible bullshit. Not paying attention to your own vehicle is reckless. Shutting down radio signals in a roving area? That's just a military attack strategy. No fucking reason whatsoever to have that shit in your car.

[@Polaris_Real]

Bro thinks he's Aiden Pearce 💀💀

[@LemarSullivan821]

The most sane person in all of florida

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

How is it sane to not want a passenger calling someone to ask directions?

[@bockbuster60]

*The least sane*

[@patrickracer43]

MetroPCS: "why?" Florida man: "my goals are beyond your understanding"

[@aikou2886]

The most tame Florida man.

[@DuckyTheFox]

Bro imagine getting in a car accident with him and neither of you can call an ambulance, nor anyone near you

[@cliftonjames785]

Well im pretty sure he'd turn it off for that lol but if they were stuck in a traffic jam with him and someone needed to call 911, they'd be fucked

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Yup or imagine trying to drive yourself or someone else to a hospital in a town you’ve never been in Before only to have some boomer block your gps. I’ve had to do that before a few times both for myself and for others, this guy could have cost folk their lives just like cellphone addicted Karen

[@somethinglikethat2176]

​@@cliftonjames785 if he didn't comprehend that he was knocking okut emergency department radios and cell towers, I'm not sure he would have been that on the ball to turn it off. The man clearly didn't understand much of what he was doing.

[@SpartanJoe193]

​@@cliftonjames785Most drivers wouldn't even notice.

[@CGR89]

Yes rather than dealing with the few people on their phones, it’s much better to jam the signal so that everyone around him will now pick up their phones to look at them wondering why their music stopped.

[@niyablake]

OR some who is not driving can;t call 911

[@asanti3748]

@@niyablake Oh wow I didn’t even think about that. If there was a really bad accident, that guy would be the cause of further delaying emergency service.

[@KKuurus]

@@asanti3748 And that cop that was in contact with dispatch is suddenly not. many PD now use cells to communicate details.

[@greatleader4841]

@@asanti3748 it's not like he was jamming 700 miles. most likely 500ish feet so unless you're within 500 feet of the car going at the same speed it wouldn't block trying to call 911 for more than a second.

[@deemushroomguy]

The cops: "Nope, we shouldn't do our jobs better to keep people off their cell phones. We've gotta catch this vigilante! He's making us look bad!"😂😅

[@notabot5067]

Bro fr had a mute jammer

[@the_chubby_jedi9189]

Can you imagine how lucky he was that he didn't come across any accidents during the 2 year span.

[@alma4938]

He's traveling an interstate which has a speed limit of 65mph which is 95.3ft/s. Assuming there was a 1000 foot distance on the jammer, which is unlikely, he would drive past any accidents in about 20sec.

[@blank54620]

I'm guessing car crashes are extremely common in florida?

[@SerangelROM]

@@blank54620 yeah, theres a lot of boomers and old people who drive that shouldnt. I was more afraid of the elderly while driving than speeders and jeeps.

[@mickblock]

That statistic is the total interruption time he would have caused if he drove past an accident at Highway speed. It's not saying that he drove past one every 20 seconds. But as for the statistic itself, he most likely would have been in slowed traffic. @@blank54620

[@loboseesthings6269]

tell me you dont drive in rush hour traffic on I4 without telling me you dont drive in rush hour traffic on I4

[@morgancasey5783]

Probably the softest Florida man crime I’ve seen, yet that could really screw some things up especially on I-4 😅

[@vapsa56]

I-4 is already screwed up. Dangerous road.

[@oddball_the_blue]

Smartest florida man... Still gets arrested.

[@mojoethan4141]

"Man... I was on the phone with my dying father, who I can't go to, and suddenly my signal went out!"

[@SupaEMT134]

Imagine not minding your own business that you go out and buy a jammer

[@rubberducky5511]

The pattern is what got him caught.

[@jancarlosnatano885]

Imagine using an all electric prototype car that connects to the internet and uses self driving, then its service just gets cut and swerves into the barrier

[@terriem3922]

YES! Those cars need to have jamming device potential programmed.

[@dylonbland]

I'd have been laughing approaching the vehicle... *Static through radio* "Sir, you wouldn't happen to know the cause of this noise would you?" 😂

[@Checkpoint_King]

Bro had the whole county screaming “ECCM! Restore communication link!”

[@Tiggy6481]

I would love to see the data on those areas about crashes 🤔

[@erseshe]

Probably higher. Oop- suddenly your GPS stopped working, you rush to check it because you haven't a clue where you're going and blap! 9 children are dead an so are you.

[@IMorphyus]

I feel like in some cases, it would make distracted driving worse. People using their phones will wonder why they've all of a sudden lost all signal and their songs aren't playing lol

[@V2_TheMurderMachine]

bro was doing a stealth mission

[@ricknelson947]

Being a radio technician myself. I can assure you that along the I-4 corridor he was in, that jammer affected more than just cellular and public safety communications. Probably affected licensed digital radio communications for electric and water utilities as well. DHS should have had him in prison.

[@MisterMick113]

Calm down Karen, it's not that big of a deal

[@GodEmperorKen]

@@MisterMick113 people could have died as a result of delayed response times fym it's "not a big deal"

[@YurinanAcquiline]

​@@MisterMick113 The Karen is the man with the signal jammer.

[@KILLKING110]

@@MisterMick113 okay karen here's the thing if a ambulance crew doesn't get info to the hospital the patient could die then you the jammer would be found criminally liable for killing someone

[@Tickleyourpickle420]

​@@MisterMick113 Hi Karen

[@shassafrass1770]

As someone riding motorcycles and avoiding idiots on phones all the time, this sounds like letting my intrusive thoughts win

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Until their call drops, and the grab their phone to see what happened.

[@AstoundingAmelia]

as a fellow motorcyclist id hate this guy, my phone is my navigation and my music system and having that drop would suck

[@ABW941]

All of Florida is one intrusive thought winning.

[@MotoDash1100]

​@@AstoundingAmelia1. Download songs and listen to them offline, KZbin Premium is great for this + Ad-free radio when you are online. As for navigation, while understandable, please, learn to read road signs.

[@Normal1855]

Everytime I see a motorcycle almost getting hit, is when the biker is riding like a moron. If you're constantly almost getting hit, the common denominator is you.

[@DeadCat-42]

"why did you leave Florida?" I get asked that all the time.. But only by people who have only been to Disney on vacation and never really lived in Florida.

[@readjordan2257]

A lot of people dont understand that being warm is by far not the most important thing in life. However i really could use a florida license now that im living abroad. Florida residents get all the perks worldwide.

[@justacoolname69420]

They are asking wrong question, they should ask why people live in Florida

[@DeadCat-42]

Really, didn't notice. Probably afraid of Florida man. @@readjordan2257

[@MotoDash1100]

​@@readjordan2257lol, which perks are those??

[@chrismoper8191]

Florida is beautiful. Leaving NY was the best thing ever for my health and my finances.

[@cosmical3660]

Bro thought he was mute.

[@bertog8080]

Fun Fact: I-4 in Florida is the deadliest stretch of road in America

[@tanithrosenbaum]

Exactly where you _totally_ want someone to block all emergency provider communications and all 911 calls... XD

[@williewonka6694]

Cell service supports navigation software used by police, fire, EMS, truckers, ride sharing services and millions of ordinary people. Disrupting communication is a crime. Good to see this.

[@combatrock]

Youre the kid who wore a suit to high school and reminded the teacher they forgot to assign homework

[@ilyte1]

​@@combatrockno

[@psyk1pz]

Bit of a weird solution, but at least his heart was in the right place

[@s.e.n3264]

I'd be pretty fucking annoyed! Why'd my music stop?!

[@blitzn00dle50]

I wouldn't even notice because my phone already doesn't connect to the internet and I need to use my limited, unbearably slow data to take and receive calls (this is a net positive on my life)

[@ZZeeman]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[@Trolly.Troll.]

As a Floridian, I ain’t even mad at brotha man. ❤ I understand his frustration.

[@rentdunko-cc4ml]

Then explain it please

[@Trolly.Troll.]

@@rentdunko-cc4ml too many people on their phones almost side swiping you or drifting into you lane or getting into car accidents, etc…

[@luk4s56]

@@rentdunko-cc4ml "Each year, approximately 3,000 people lose their lives to car accidents resulting from distracted drivers. This accounts for between 8% and 9% of all fatal motor vehicle collisions on roads across the United States"

[@SirQuackington_IV]

I’m understand it but it wasn’t a good idea bc people are just going to try to trouble shoot their phone while driveing which isn’t any better

[@Trolly.Troll.]

@@SirQuackington_IV so you saying it fixes nothing? 😂 Floridians are just gonna Floridian.

[@pineapplepotato6985]

This is the exact definition of not minding ur own damn business and ruining everyone’s day.

[@daveslamjam]

okay but using your phone in the interstate can literally kill people. so it's kind of everyone's business

[@noahdaanimalguy7673]

@@daveslamjam him doing this actually made the problem worse, when using the device people would look down at their phone and try and figure out the problem, meaning more people were using their phone on the road trying to figure out what’s wrong than before when there were occasional ones on calls and texting

[@daveslamjam]

@@noahdaanimalguy7673 yeah this wasn't a good solution to the problem

[@quocvinhnguyen2063]

​@@daveslamjam you also forget that his jammer blocks all emergency services too. Imagine if he got into a situation like a pile up crash, got knocked out, yet his jammer was still working. No one will be able to call for help.

[@goodwinter6017]

Police were not impressed.

[@matthewmyers843]

Thank you for saying "wreak havoc" correctly. The number of people that say "wreck havoc" is out of hand and incredibly annoying.

[@mynameisprivate158]

They should have these jammers installed in every movie theater !

[@animateddepression]

As much as I agree, useful people like Surgeons also watch movies.

[@bobblum5973]

Or they could just ask people to set their phones on silent and refrain from using them during the movie. A novel idea, and actually getting people to think of others might be a tad difficult, but....

[@user-tr2dh4xx6u]

i dont go to movies much but its nerver been an issue for me. i have not once had someones phone ring mid movie@@bobblum5973

[@ilyte1]

And now it takes several minutes longer for your dying Grandma, who choked on popcorn to get help because you couldn't even call 911

[@falconwasplayin]

only in Florida 💀

[@professormancaptain4210]

Losing their signal would increase the chance they'd look down at the phone.

[@laffi]

Fun fact. If this man had filed a formal complaint to the police, saying that he saw A LOT of people on their cell phones, while driving, through those 2 years, they would have fined a lot of people through that time. Still, that man doesn't got the right to do what he did. If he did it in his own house at home, while having guests, without interfering with any neighbouring houses, I could support him...but not like this.

[@PersonMan97]

of course a Florida man

[@lucasforney850]

Bruh id be pissed if my music stopped cause someone was jamming my shit

[@vanessaonyenwe7019]

"Florida man," the beginning of a headline that'll definitely spark interest 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@penttij5817]

If anybody needs a go fund me, it’s this gentleman.✌🏻❤️🇺🇸

[@SKOMPAS]

Dam I drive for work and have my google maps up to know where I’m going I’d be screwed if this guy was driving beside me, not everyone using there phones are doing so irresponsibly

[@MotoDash1100]

Hey, here's an idea, use road signs to know where to go.

[@maysee2515]

​@@MotoDash1100If you're driving to a different place you haven't been before, which happens pretty often with a variety of delivery jobs (both long range and short range), then you're going to want GPS. Because street signs only help if you know which streets you need to go on; and i dunno about you but i haven't memorized literally every road and all the addresses in my country, and have no intention of trying to either.

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@MotoDash1100 because you're going to memorize all the turns when going somewhere you've never been? Give me a break. Also, if I'm meeting someone somewhere and need to tell my phone text the person to bring something important it sounds much safer to do that than to have to maneuver off the road just to make a five to eight word text that can be done without even looking at the phone. Or even to just tell my phone to call the person foe 8 seconds.

[@chaoticwj1772]

​@@MotoDash1100Not everywhere gas road signs

[@happykiwi]

​@@MotoDash1100what a silly thing to say. Even before GPS and cellphone apps, people still asked local citizens for directions back when paper maps were being used for navigation. If anything, there are new roads and streets every year because of new construction snd projects.

[@paulbunyangonewild7596]

It's a little bit crazy how such a small thing could have such a big impact like that.

[@super9mega]

Our radio band is so fragile. Any little thing can cause all the infrastructure to go out. Pirate stations, improper broadcast, wifi lol. That's why the FCC gets so upset when people mess it up

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

@@super9mega and yet I depend on it every day. Under normal circumstances it's not a problem.

[@super9mega]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 because no much work goes into maintaining it. Like the original comment, it's crazy how one improper install or one malicious actor can take the whole thing down

[@anakinskywalker6666]

Gotta give the guy credit he pulled it off for as long as he did

[@wyeth4363]

The hero we need

[@johnclaybaugh9536]

How is he a hero?

[@wyeth4363]

@@johnclaybaugh9536 because fuck the police

[@efficientfuture]

Yeah that's pretty dangerous. Plus lots of people just talk on the phone using the speaker or Bluetooth.

[@MotoDash1100]

Still a distraction.

[@hellishthehellrellish5672]

​@@MotoDash1100barely